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Another 300 unit dropoff for Accel World eh? At this rate the final volume will be lucky to clear over 5,000 units and the idea of a second season might just end up a fleeting dream. Bet the producers are kicking themselves for not adding in more fanservice early on in the shows run. Really it only started to come into play in the second quarter while the first was mostly game and world building focused. Guess we'll see with the next volume since it contains bathing scenes.

I don't think more fanservice would necessarily have saved it, as there are plenty of fanservice shows with worse sales. Plus, these are only first-week sales, and we should continue to see a bit of second-week sales push it up a bit further. It's still over 8k total, which is quite good. As Westlo said, drop-off like this is extremely common (basically the rule, with only a few exceptions each season).

Plus, these are only first-week sales, and we should continue to see a bit of second-week sales push it up a bit further. It's still over 8k total, which is quite good. As Westlo said, drop-off like this is extremely common (basically the rule, with only a few exceptions each season).

I think he was only comparing first week sales to first week sales. By that measure, it dropped 6%. Which is not bad, no. Normal dropoff from the first volume after three volumes is 16% (average), 17% (median). Accel World is down 11.6% (comparing only first week) and 22.5% (totals). If it adds about 650 units next week, it'll be off 16.3%, dead center of normal.

If in the end, AW's last volume would be about 5K, that's still fairly good if you add it all up (and way better than a lot of stuff that aired in spring and summer).

Only if the volume on volume decline accelerates. If it stays at exactly 6% first week like 1→2 and 2→3 it would look like:
Volume 3: 8079
Volume 4: 7594
Volume 5: 7138
Volume 6: 6710
Volume 7: 6308
Volume 8: 5929
Assuming the DVD version continues to chart (very likely). I figure sales will bottom out at some point (maybe 6700 first week) and later volumes will decline less than 6% from the previous.

Stalker overestimated SAO numbers by about 5k. 34k is still quite a good result. The amount of Asuna merchandise and the game will be big revenue raisers as well. Whether those numbers remain around 30k or so for the long run will be interesting.

F/Z S2 went to 44k? Not as big a drop-off as some were predicting in various places, so that's a good result for ufotable.

Hi! Where can I find an updated list of 歴代累計平均ランキング（テレビアニメ) (集計期間1988年頃～2012年12月24日付速報) that extends beyond 50 places? The list at http://www38.atwiki.jp/uri-archive/pages/75.html lists only 50 titles, including OVAs. Is there still an updated list that goes down to anime with average sales of 10000 copies?

Hi! Where can I find an updated list of 歴代累計平均ランキング（テレビアニメ) (集計期間1988年頃～2012年12月24日付速報) that extends beyond 50 places? The list at http://www38.atwiki.jp/uri-archive/pages/75.html lists only 50 titles, including OVAs. Is there still an updated list that goes down to anime with average sales of 10000 copies?

You can find some related information in the Cumulative Reports thread. It's not presented in quite that format, but you'll find a lot of information there.

Very sad day for anime when Shinsekai Yori can't even reach 1000 volumes.

Genre and plot notwithstanding, the fact the BD/DVD bring little to no actual content over the TV ver, nor ANY Sakuga/animation enhancement are a glaring deterrent for such expensive purchase. BD and DVD are basically a meaningful purchase that are the main support to the industry, but also a token of pride and collection. So having physical copies that are basically the carbon copy of what you got from your recorder obviously tone done the meaningfulness of such purchase.

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Surprised to see Little Busters! doing so well.

LB results are... "quite big" considering the adaptation, but on its own as a very well known franchise, it is quite a lukewarm result, not on par with Kanon and Clannad, despite the huge fanbase. Whether or not it is because of the adaptation or other issues is a different story.

Very sad day for anime when Shinsekai Yori can't even reach 1000 volumes.

I didn't expect Shinsekai Yori to sell that well. The lack of a catchy OP, the fact that it's a shippers nightmare, the darker tone of the work, the very unusual setting, these are all negatives for it as far as being a marketable anime property is concerned (their worth at a purely creative level may be different, of course).

I didn't expect Shinsekai Yori to sell that well. The lack of a catchy OP, the fact that it's a shippers nightmare, the darker tone of the work, the very unusual setting, these are all negatives for it as far as being a marketable anime property is concerned (their worth at a purely creative level may be different, of course).